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, 1,643,767 H. w. FAL-sTRoM SLIDE l Filed March 24. 1927 lNvENroR BY "l a ATTO EY Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. FALSTROM, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY., ASSIGNOR TO EASTERN TOOL @t MFG. CO., OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

SLIDE.

Application led March 24, 1927.

This invention relates to an improved slide for suspender and overall straps and similar articles requiring easy and quick adjustment, the object of the invention being to provide a slide ofl cheap manufacture which grips the strap firmly, keeps the strap flat and uses a minimum amount of Wire.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a front view of the improved slide With the strap and a button loop shovvn in dotted outline. Figure is a section on line 2-2 in Figure 1 and Figure 3 is a section on line 3 in Figure 1. The slide is formed of Wire and preferably a single piece of Wire comprising a centralv strand With off-set portions 11 near its ends. The said ends are bent back to form loops for the strap and the drawing shows the Wire bent into end strands 12 and 13 and then bent to form top and bottom strands 14 and 15 respectively, these terminating in end strands 16 and 17. rThe end strands are continued so that the ends of the Wire are looped as at 18 around the off-set portion 11.

This construction uses a comparatively short length of Wire and provides the loops 1S at a point Where they form projections near the ends of the slide. These prevent the tendency of the sides of strap 19 from bunching toward the centre of lthe slide or from bunching at one side which Would cause the slide to tilt and the strain would become une-ven. The sides of the strap 19 are usually hemmed as at 2O and these Serial No. 177,879.

thickened edges assist in holding these edges outside the loops 18 by their engagement With these loops. The loops 18 also hold the slide squarely across the strap when the slide is moved along the strap for adjustment.

My manner of threading the strap through the slide is shown in Figure 2, the strap being doubled in the slide and being securely held byl engagement With the strands 10, 14 and which prevent slipping. The use of 45 square Wire is favored as it assists at its corners ,in engaging the fabric and holding the strap firmly in adjusted position.

l claim y 1. A slide consisting of a Wire formed into the shape of an 8 With the centre strand having off-set portions near the ends thereof, the ends of the'Wire being bent into loops embracing said off-set portions.

2. A slide consisting of a single piece of 571 wire forming a central strand With off-set portions near its end, the Wire being bent back from the ends to form loops and with the ends of the Wire returned to form loops embracing said olf-set portions.

3. A slide consisting of a Wire forming a central strand bent to form parallel off-set portions and bent beyond the off-set portions to form top and bottom strands and havingl the ends of the Wire bent parallel with the ends of the central strand and then looped around the oftset portions.

In testimony whereof 1 aliX my signature.

HENRY W. FALSTR-OM. 

